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Paying for Your Medical Care

July 13th, 2010 · 5:21 AM

What will the Medical Tyranny allow me to do if I don”t have a “your personal” physician? I’m supposed to be responsible for my own health, right? How do I find an alternative minded doctor that Medicare will pay for?
Unfortunately, if any of us wants to be healthy, we must assume that responsibility ourselves, including [...]

“Folk Medicine” and My Response

February 12th, 2010 · 10:48 AM

Dear Editors…
Interesting article. Wish I could tell you that it is largely
“evidence-based” and far removed from “folk medicine.”
Your publication deserves to maintain the precious credibility it is
earning. Your promotion of articles such as this diminishes your
credibility.
David
Retired pediatrician, Rochester, New York
I received the above response to an article I wrote in Meridian Magazine advocating [...]

Revealing Your Christmas Present (A Little Early)

December 4th, 2009 · 11:11 AM

Dear Healthy Thinkers,
Whoa.
Remember how yesterday I told you about my son Josh who couldn’t sleep, he was so excited about an idea he had?
We were sitting at the table right after Thanksgiving, and he launched into this great (and scary) idea of a gift for you that would help you to become healthier and [...]

To Drug? Or Not to Drug? The Million Dollar Question

November 17th, 2008 · 6:34 PM

In a recent Wall Street Journal article entitled, “In Drug Case, Justices Weigh Right to Sue,” is a description of a case called “Wyeth vs. Levine.” Ms. Levine went to a physician with a migraine headache and received an incorrectly administered injection medication to treat her accompanying nausea. Within a few days she had gangrene [...]